PS3 System Software Update (v4.30)

Next Tuesday, October 23rd, we will be releasing a new system software update for PlayStation 3 (version 4.30). With this update we have made several changes to how Trophies are displayed on your PlayStation 3. The Trophy Collection will now reside under PlayStation Network on the XMB. Trophies that you have earned playing PlayStation Vita games are now displayed on your PlayStation 3. You will also be able to see your Trophy level and progress towards the next level while viewing your trophy collection.

By the beginning of November 2012, we will retire the services available through the Life with PlayStation application. In conjunction with its retirement, we will stop offering the Life with PlayStation application to new users with the 4.30 update. This includes the conclusion of our participation with Stanford University’s Folding@home, a distributed computing project aimed at understanding protein folding, misfolding and studying the causes of a variety of diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s as well as various cancers.

We’d like to thank the more than 15 million users that have participated in the program since it started on PS3 in 2007. PS3 users have donated in total more than 100 million computation hours to the Folding@home project to date, and as a result, contributing greatly to Stanford University’s Alzheimer ’s disease research. Considering the contribution PS3 has made to the project, we decided to retire it as a result of discussions with Stanford University.
Vijay Pande, Folding@home research lead at Stanford University, had this to say about your contributions:

“The PS3 system was a game changer for Folding@home, as it opened the door for new methods and new processors, eventually also leading to the use of GPUs. We have had numerous successes in recent years. Specifically, in a paper just published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, we report on tests of predictions from earlier Folding@home simulations, and how these predictions have led to a new strategy to fight Alzheimer’s disease. The next steps, now underway at Stanford, are to take this lead compound and help push it towards a viable drug. It’s too early to report on our preliminary results there, but I’m very excited that the directions set out in this paper do appear to be bearing fruit in terms of a viable drug (not just a drug candidate).”

Please note, the games shown in the picture above are examples, and do not represent existing PS3 or PS Vita games.

Ok, it appears there are two modes to display the trophies: online (default, synchronizes ALL THE TIME) and offline (what does that mean exactly, it’s everyone’s guess). Who’s genius idea was this? If you were trying to replicate the XBox Live syncing method, you should have tried harder.

This is my last words I believe suicide is the best option here . The unability to download this because of an erro disturbs me. I am unable to play games online therefore 40 % of my life is gone. Good bye .

why I CAN’T SIGN IN? it has been like this for like 3 or 4 days now I can access the browser but then an error pops up saying Javascript error and then when i try to play online this freaking code pops up 80710092 and i cant do anything my ps3… is useless for me now >:(

Hey, I turned off my plugins…when It asked me if I wanted to run one, i put no, and said not to display it again, thinking I could turn it back on. Can I run plugins anymore? How do I turn them back on?

Online mode requires me to sync before viewing it, so the lists are identical either way. The only point I see is the trophy level and PS3/Vita icons being available only in online mode. I don’t see why that stuff can’t just be synced and saved offline, and updated during a sync. As is, it seems redundant.

And while I’m on the subject of trophies… syncing is ridiculously slow. It takes roughly a minute for me to sync my trophies. When I got my first trophy in Uncharted 1, it took 3-4 seconds. I don’t understand why this can’t be improved, especially when the competition can do it instantly.

And comparing with friends is simply awful. It takes several minutes. If I can go to any third-party trophy site and pull up data for any PSN ID within a few seconds, why does it take several minutes to do that on PS3?

I’m a bit confused although it’s possible this has been asked before but, ever since this update, my friends list loads incredibly slowly. It would take about 40 minutes for my whole friends list to come up and take another 30 minutes for their avatar to show and no, it’s not my internet connection. This used to not happen before the system update.

love the PSVita trophy showing in your collection ,buty I wish the give you the option to get rid off ps3 game trophies that are at 0% I got a bunch of those when my friends bring over their games to check them out an it install themselves now is a black mark you cant get rid off even if you have no intention of playing those games ever.

Have you tried it yourself? I (ironically) asked because right now, both modes work *exactly* the same. Of course I guessed the offline mode should be the equivalent of what we had previously, but that’s not the case with this firmware. Whichever mode you select, the trophies are constantly synced when you want to display them.

And I have a hunch that the uberslow display of the trophy cards in the contact list is somehow related to this forced trophy refresh. Which would mean that every time you look at a friend’s tag, the server forces a sync of your friend’s trophies. If true, that would be insane.

So if life w/PlayStation was such a game changer and success why trash it? I personally use it every day and love that I can help contribute to the cause. And you know what would be awesome….more space for status on psn. Always hated being so limited. And one more thing..allow me to share with 5 PlayStations again. If I buy a game I Shi old be able to share with whomever I choose.

dont exactly love the new update, i like the trophies where they were, it was easier to pause the game and quickly look up what i have and dont have when it was right above the game instead of where it is now :/

I used Folding@home for the first few years on my Fatboy. I did limited use after that because I didn’t think it was doing its longevity any good (ended up dying after 4 full years). I only used it sparingly on my Slim & it sucks that it will be gone. I thought Life With Playstation would have been a terrific PS3 app in itself with just a few minor adjustments. Still, I’m glad that I was able to make a positive contribution towards research in disease and medical science.

Ok ok, It’s all nice and pretty , throphies stuff and PlayStation Store etc. But… I don’t understand why do I have SINGSTAR Online Demo Songs download in my XMB Games line?? I can’t remove it.. so it somehow violates my private space on my private game console. I’m slowly starting to think , How long before time ,when after every update I will see more commercials , adverts , demos , and who knows what other stuff that I will be UNABLE to remove. I don’t like it Sony. It’s my console, and I want to decide what stays and what goes. So Please… On the next update occasion , don’t forget to add REMOVE option to the stuff You putting on our consoles. Thank You.

I’d like to be able to delete trophies as well. Games with like 0-5% that I just didnt like, I would really like to not have on my list. Being a plus member, it’s not unusual to try one of the free games and it not be my thing. Having alot of 0-5% trophies for this reason really clutters up the list.

Greeeaaat. Now that the update proceeded (finally), Now i’m stuck in an infinite loop in the updating section.
Now the install gets to 99% and then I get error 8002F310, and then it tries again just to get the same error again.

listen, i just did this update and now i cant watch videos. Did anybody else have this problem? Also﻿ while i was playing tekken tag 2 it shut off while i was playing. that never happened b4 the update…

This update is HORRIBLE! The move under the network icon is fine, the Vita inclusion is amazing! But after playing any particular game at any given time at and darn point requires me to sync my trophies EVERY TIME I go to view them… Hate it, I love Playstation. I love all of the support and every exclusive has been in my hands. But this one thing really irks me.

The difference between Online and Offline trophies is: Online is ALL your trophies. Offline is what’s on your PS3, the one you are using to view trophies on. It works just like before, only now PS Vita trophies are mixed into the Online trophy list.

Some people have more than one PS3 that they play on, so they should understand this easily, the difference of Online and Offline from before is now subtitles were added to the list. (Plus the addition of PS Vita trophies to the Online list.)

I like it moved to where it is. I like the PS Vita trophies showing.

Just like before: you can sort your trophies … just hit your Triangle for options.